The document proposes an online executive education community and virtual learning environment called the Executive Education Center. It would provide personalized student spaces, course-specific networking and resources, social networking between students, and a social knowledge base for sharing information. The community would be supported by services like communication tools, course materials, and progress tracking to enhance the online education experience.

1. Executive Education Center High Level Concept

6. General Community Statistics Social Networking Gold Rush: November 2005 - News Corp. drew a lot of attention for paying $580 million to acquire Internet sensation MySpace . April 2006 There's the $800 million acquisition offer from Yahoo that Facebook reportedly rejected, the $2 billion Facebook wants and the $25 million in venture capital Facebook got from Greylock Partners in April October 9, 2006 - Google Inc. announced today that it has agreed to acquire YouTube for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. Buy a Network: MySpace : $15 billion latest Wall Street valuation, courtesy of RBC Capital YouTube : $1.5 billion latest valuation, courtesy of New York Post Facebook : $1 billion latest valuation, courtesy of Wall Street Journal Digg : $200 million valuation, courtesy of Business Week How consumers responded to the survey question: "If the following were available on a social-networking website, which would you likely do this holiday season?" Find out about store sales/product discounts: 51% Download coupons: 51% Search for gift ideas: 47% Buy products: 29% Post or view videos: 20% Read or write product review on blog: 18% None of the above: 12% **Does not total 100% due to multiple responses Source: American Marketing Association online Nov. 9-12 survey of 1,098 consumers. Margin of error is ±2.5 percentage points. 11/23/2006

7. Virtual Learning Environment

8. Executive Education Community